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090 _aHV95
_b.H385 2021
100 1 _aHeadworth, Spencer,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aPolicing welfare :
_bpunitive adversarialism in public assistance /
_cSpencer Headworth.
264 1 _aChicago :
_bThe University of Chicago Press,
_c[2021]
300 _ax, 293 pages :
_bmap ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-286) and index.
505 0 _aThe strings attached -- One nation, finding fraud -- The mill and the grist -- The welfare police -- Occupational frames and identities in fraud control work --Fraud control as performance -- The blame game -- Finding welfare rule violators -- Conclusion.
520 _a'Government assistance in the United States requires that recipients meet certain criteria and continue to maintain their eligibility so that benefits are paid to the'truly needy.' Welfare is regarded with such suspicion in this country that considerable resources are spent to police the boundaries of eligibility. Even minor infractions of the many rules can cause people to be dropped from these programs. In this book Spencer Headworth gives us the first study of the structure of fraud control in the welfare system, the relations between different levels of governmental agencies, from federal to local, and their enforcement practices. Policing Welfare shows how the enforcement regime of welfare is trained on those living in poverty furthering their stigmatization and often deepening racial disparities in our society'--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aWelfare fraud investigation
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aWelfare fraud investigation
_zUnited States
_vCase studies.
650 0 _aWelfare fraud
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aLaw enforcement
_zUnited States.
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